Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] it first " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 'm too hungry to think about it , so let's eat it first , and then if it turns out to be wrong to eat it , I promise to be very sorry . ’ |
| 2 | If it 's not pasteurised , you must boil it first and let it cool . |
| 3 | Bear in mind that if you want the lace carriage to move towards the left , you must slide it first towards the right before selecting the needles . |
| 4 | And then — that I should hear it first from Nan-Nan . |
| 5 | I do not know whether I can do that , but I must hear it first . |
| 6 | Stephen Spielberg says anxious parents should view it first . |
| 7 | Stephen Spielberg says anxious parents should view it first . |
| 8 | Even if I had had pencil and paper on me , I would not have cared to leave a note where someone else might see it first . |
| 9 | Well I 'll I 'll fax it first thing in the morning on Monday right or somebody will so you can get it y'know we just need to monitor it for a week and that 's it . |
| 10 | out loud , I 'll write it first and then I 'll check it |
| 11 | But he 'll get it first thing in the morning . |
| 12 | She 'd do it first . |
| 13 | She ( Mary ) would use it first and anybody else was free to use it … three or four signified they would be interested . |
| 14 | Gloriana is much less familiar than Grimes , and I shall approach it first . |
| 15 | She 'd screamed at them through her letter-box , and shoved an old iron poker into the gap , waving it about in an obscene fashion which had made Stuart laugh ; when neighbouring tenants began to bang on the walls they left the parcel outside the door , not sure who would find it first . |
| 16 | Sharon said : ‘ The company 's war history is fascinating and many of our retired employees will remember it first hand . ’ |
| 17 | Well no , you can do it first . |
| 18 | I 'll just recite it through quietly to be sure I can remember it first , shall I ? ’ |
| 19 | Its end is both sticky and muscular so that a toad can use it first to grasp a worm or a slug and then to carry it bodily back to the mouth . |